Research update article - center for extension, research and study on chronic diseases (NEPEdc)
International Journal of Development Research
Research update article - center for extension, research and study on chronic diseases (NEPEdc)
Received 26th December, 2018, Received in revised form 20th January, 2019, Accepted 15th February, 2019, Published online 31st March, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Iaggo Raphael David et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Over time, historical facts have further strengthened the need and importance of scientific research in public health, helping to better understand demographic and epidemiological health-disease transitions, monitoring technical and technological developments, and supervising quality and access health services and the negative impacts they imply on global health. In addition, these scientific data provide information on the development of diseases, how they spread among the population, and whether the control and prevention methods used are effective or not for health promotion and disease alleviation. the objective of the project entitled "Epidemiological Profile of Chronic Diseases in the Southwest of Bahia" is to carry out epidemiological surveys related to the involvement of chronic non-communicable diseases, with an emphasis on identifying health-disease profiles so that effective actions and health interventions are developed public. It is an article demonstrating the methodologies used in the project mentioned above, as well as presenting annual updates of the data collected, changes in questionnaires and publications.
